[Potter]

I haven't been posting on Yorkietalk for a while but I am really overwhelmed today. Pao has been quite high maintenance lately. I walk him an hour a day every day. He is 8 years old and even after an hour's walk he still has a lot of energy when we get home. He barks at my husband sometimes for no reason, even trying to bite him sometimes. Usually happens when my husband is going to go out. We have been through trainings, nothing has changed. Have been told sometimes it is genetic. When we walk , he is reactive to other dogs on leash nor children so I have to be very vigilant when I walk him. I have to be on constant look out and prepared to change my walking route if I see other dogs, children, cyclists, joggers etc so it is not a relaxing walk for me.

I feel like I can't keep up with him anymore because my hip joints constantly hurt currently as I have some health issues myself. I am quite overwhelmed right now. I have had Pao since he was 3 months old and has never thought of rehoming him but I am so overwhelmed right now I am not sure what to do. I am also still paying off his vet bill since two months ago.

Also, he used to be really picky before he got sick but now he is constantly hungry eventhough I feed him 4-5 times a day but in smaller portions and will constantly bark at the kitchen counter for food.

I am just so tired and stressed out I do not know what to do. I feel like I am at my wit's end.